Matt Murphy News

Last night, May 28, 2018, Theatre Now New York presented its Fifth Annual Festival of 10-Minute Musicals, SOUND BITES 5.0, on The Irene Diamond Stage at The Pershing Square Signature Center, to a sold-out house for the second year in a row. This annual, one-night only event showcases ten new musicals of up-and-coming musical theatre writing teams.

Theatre Now New York is pleased to announce the finalized judging panel for SOUND BITES 5.0, the Fifth Annual Festival of 10-Minute Musicals. This one-night only event showcases ten new musicals of up-and-coming musical theatre writing teams.

Producers Matt Murphy and Shawn Nightingale have announced that pop culture phenomenon & Off-Broadway's longest running comedy Sex Tips for Straight Women from a Gay Man, will end its New York City run after four and a half years of performances.

Based on the international best-selling book of the same title, this romantic comedy takes the audience on a hilarious and wild ride where no topic is taboo and the insider tips come straight from the source a gay man. Set at a local university auditorium, shy and studious Robyn is the moderator of the English department's monthly meet the authors event. This month's featured author is Dan Anderson of Sex Tips for Straight Women from a Gay Man, but with the help of hunky stage assistant Stefan, Dan turns the event into a highly theatrical, audience interactive, sex tip seminar.

Not only does actress Karen Ziemba have a career for the history books, but her work in 2017 alone has been jam-packed with credits most performers would trade their career for. Since making her Broadway debut in A CHORUS LINE in 1975, Ms. Ziemba has worked steadily on the stages of New York, starring in everything from CRAZY FOR YOU to CONTACT to CURTAINS. Now back on the road in IRVING BERLIN'S WHITE CHRISTMAS, I caught up with the actress about her transition from song-and-dance starlet to larger-than-life character roles.

Looking for a fun adventure this weekend in Fort Worth? You have three more opportunities to see SEX TIPS FOR STRAIGHT WOMEN FROM A GAY MAN! Whether you are seeking a memorable date night or want to hit the town with friends, put down the Cards Against Humanity and go see this show instead!

Performing Arts Fort Worth welcomes the national tour of the off-Broadway hit romantic comedy SEX TIPS FOR STRAIGHT WOMEN FROM A GAY MAN to McDavid Studio Nov. 1-5, 2017. Tickets are $33-$44 and are on sale NOW!

'Sex Tips for Straight Women from a Gay Man,' the longest running off-Broadway show, is making its mark in Las Vegas. The production starring Kendra Wilkinson ('The Girls Next Door, Kendra on Top) and Jai Rodriguez (('Queer Eye for the Straight Guy,' ABC's 'Malibu Country), is scheduled for a limited run on the Las Vegas Strip at the Paris Las Vegas through Aug. 20.

National Endowment for the Arts Chairman Jane Chu has approved more than $82 million to fund local arts projects across the country in the NEA's second major funding announcement for fiscal year 2017. Included is an Art Works award of $10,000 to Keen Company to further develop Kenny's Finkle's 1993 Melancholy Experience, a play that was developed in Keen's Playwrights Lab.

SEX TIPS FOR STRAIGHT WOMEN FROM A GAY MAN takes the audience on a hilarious and wild ride where no topic is taboo and the insider 'tips' come straight from the source: a gay man.

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Ambassador Theatre Group and NETworks Presentations LLC announced that Laura Michelle Kelly (Anna Leonowens) and Jose Llana (King of Siam) will lead the national tour of the Lincoln Center Theater production of Rodgers & Hammerstein's THE KING AND I. The multiple Tony Award-winning Broadway hit will run at the Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts of Miami-Dade County for a limited time starting May 9 through May 14, 2017.

Hit New York City production 'Sex Tips for Straight Women from a Gay Man' will premiere in Las Vegas Saturday, May 27, 2017 at Paris Las Vegas with stars Kendra Wilkinson ('Kendra on Top,' 'The Girls Next Door') and Jai Rodriguez ('Queer Eye for the Straight Guy,' ABC's 'Malibu Country,' Broadway's 'Rent'). Written by Matt Murphy and based on the novel of the same name by Dan Anderson and Maggie Berman, the show has been hailed by critics.

Capitol Center for the Arts (Concord, NH) will host the Off-Broadway hit comedy SEX TIPS FOR STRAIGHT WOMEN FROM A GAY MAN on Saturday, May 20 at 8pm. Written by Matt Murphy and based on the best-selling book of the same title, this hilarious romantic comedy takes the audience on a hilarious and wild ride where no topic is taboo and the insider 'tips' come straight from the source: a gay man.

Sex Tips for Straight Women from a Gay Man, the hit comedy written by Matt Murphy, based on the best-selling book by Dan Anderson andMaggie Berman, is coming to the Raymond F. Kravis Center for the Performing Arts for six hilarious, fun-filled shows April 12-15. Kicking off the hit show's engagement on Wednesday, April 12 at 6:00 pm in the Rinker Playhouse lobby, the Kravis Center is offering a special "Date Night with Benefits" party.

There's nothing like seeing a new musical that feels like it was ripped from the Golden Age. An American in Paris, currently on tour at the Buell Theatre, brings out a definitive theatrical recipe you rarely witness of late.

On October 27, 2017, The New York Pops - a symphonic orchestra known for presenting popular programs of exceptional quality - will launch its 35th season at Carnegie Hall celebrating the diversity of some of popular music's greatest icons.

Sex Tips for Straight Women from a Gay Man, the hit comedy written by Matt Murphy and based on the best-selling book by Dan Anderson and Maggie Berman, comes to the Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall on Monday, February 6 at 8PM.